Proposal: Add cons function to Data.List module

[Andreas Abel]

I think this proposal was be stronger if it would lay out the bigger 
picture, i.e., directions towards a unified interface to sequence-like 
collections.

-1 in its current form.

On 2019-09-11 16:32, Helmut Schmidt wrote:
> Taylor,
> 
> Is it really necessary for you to be so rude? I can assure you that my 
> proposal has been made in the same good faith as your proposal which 
> inspired mine.
> 
> Besides that unnecessary snark you do make an excellent point regarding 
> the poor discoverability of the list constructor which I imagine must 
> cause a lot of confusion among newcomers.Thank you for keeping an open mind!
> 
> 
> 
> Am Mi., 11. Sept. 2019 um 11:21 Uhr schrieb Taylor Fausak 
> <taylor at fausak.me <mailto:taylor at fausak.me>>:
> 
>     I suspect this proposal was not made in good faith. I feel like it
>     was meant to make fun of my list singleton proposal.
> 
>     In spite of that, I am in favor of this proposal. One of the (very
>     minor!) problems with lists in Haskell is that they can’t be
>     documented with Haddock because they’re part of the syntax. For
>     example, if you search Hoogle for `(:)` or `a -> [a] -> [a]` you
>     won’t find the venerable list constructor. You will find `cons` from
>     the `extra` package, which I think suggests that this proposal is a
>     good idea.
> 
>     +1
> 
>      > On Sep 11, 2019, at 4:13 AM, Oliver Charles
>     <ollie at ocharles.org.uk <mailto:ollie at ocharles.org.uk>> wrote:
>      >
>      > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 7:36 AM Helmut Schmidt
>      > <helmut.schmidt.4711 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:helmut.schmidt.4711 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>      >
>      >> I can't be the only that wants this function, right?
>      >
>      > You're not the only one! I would also like this function. In fact,
>      > only yesterday I found myself writing
>      >
>      >  ( x : ) <$> recurse xs
>      >
>      > I would have preferred
>      >
>      >  cons x <$> recurse xs
>      >
>      > +1 to adding  cons :: x -> [x] -> [x]  to  Data.List.
>      >
>      > Ollie
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